Old video games that are great

[Sammy Boy]

Hi everyone,

What's are old video games that still give you good memories and make you want to play them after all these years?

For myself:
- X-COM: Enemy Unknown (aka UFO Defense)
- Flashback

There were others, but these two immediately come to mind.

[Ante Bellum]

Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I grew up on this way into the Gamecube age, so it's something that I really find myself wanting to play a lot.

[Htom Sirveaux]

Scorched Earth. My sister and I had hours of fun playing that game, coming up with all sorts of rules and variations. Sometimes we'd make the field completely level and then aim our cannons straight forward and blow the crap out of each other's tanks. Sometimes we'd each put our tank on the tip of a tall, narrow mountain and blow the ground out from under each other. This would cause our tanks to slide down the mountains and make contact in the center, where we'd commence to use the most destructive weapons we had at our disposal. Both tanks would blow up, but it was satisfying.

[Nightshade X]

Kirby's Adventure

[CrimsonRyu17]

The Carnivores trilogy for the pc comes to mind although I guess they're not that old. They came out between 1998 ad 2001 and were pretty amazing for their time and genre. I still find time to play them. The only problem is keeping the game running because it doesn't work too well on newer computers, especially in D3D mode. Ice Age is my fave.

Wikipedia doesn't over much info on them at all, so here's a fansite that explains the games.

[Davidizer13]

Recently, I've discovered Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis/Mega Drive. It's one of the most fun games I've played in a long time. Also, it has Seven Force, which can only be described as the best boss ever.

[the_wolfs_howl]

Heheh, you know what the first game that popped into my head was? Kid's Typing. It's an old game that I've never heard anyone talk about, but it's what taught me how to type, and since now I can type at least 60 words per minute, I have a lot to thank it for. Basically, it's a game where a ghost named Spooky teaches you how to type and monitors your fastest key, slowest key, record time, accuracy, etc. You go about this house haunting it, and in each room there's something that makes sound or moves according to how fast you're typing, so it's fun to try to go as fast as you can. There's also a secret library where you can type out fairy tales and such.

[GrubbTheFragger]

Soul blazer! awesome game, also Crono Trigger is also pretty awesome. I love the battle system it is so addictive.

[J.R.]

Streets of Rage

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[GrubbTheFragger]

Streets of Rage 3

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there fixed XD

[MomentOfInertia]

Tank Wars.

[ich1990]

All of my favorite games of all time are on the SNES, but aside from those only one pops into my mind:

Road Rash (for the 64)

I used to have so much fun multiplaying that with friends. Something about spoking them, Indiana Jones style, at 120 mph was extremely satisfying....

That and jumping oncoming vehicles.

[shooraijin]

Outlaws.
Dark Forces (the original).
System Shock.
Descent (original and II).
Star Trek 25th Anniversary (with the full voice cast).
Strife.
Wing Commander III, which was the best WC, and Privateer 2: The Darkening, which was the best WC spinoff.

[J.R.]

there fixed XD

I've got all of em. I actually like the second one best though.

[Sammy Boy]

Recently, I've discovered Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis/Mega Drive. It's one of the most fun games I've played in a long time. Also, it has Seven Force, which can only be described as the best boss ever.

You may want to check out Action Fist. I've read it plays like Gunstar Heroes (I've never played that, so can't verify) and best of all, Action Fist is a free PC game (search for "Action Fist").

[rocklobster]

Venture
Berzerk
Super Mario 1 and 3 (2's only good in deluxe on GBA)
Final Fantasy 6
Ms. Pac-man

[SnoringFrog]

N64:
Pokemon Stadium 1/2 minigames
Goldeneye 007
WCW/NWO Revenge
Jet Force Gemini
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

SNES:
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Super Metroid
Megaman X3
Battletoads Double Dragon crossover
Lemmings/Lemmings 2
Phalanx
Gradius 3

NES:
Final Fantasy
Rescue: The Embassy
The Guardian Legend

[GrubbTheFragger]

Wow i forgot about Gunstar Heroes. That games owns.

[Robin Firedrake]

Donkey kong 64, Quest 64, Age of Mythology, and Glover. Yes, I'm odd.

[Davidizer13]

NES:
The Guardian Legend

Yes. This. TGL is one of the most unique games ever. This other game called Sigma Star Saga (GBA) tried to do the same concept (combining Zelda-type exploration with shmups), but...it wasn't pretty.

Also, Grubb, if you liked Gunstar Heroes, try out Alien Soldier; it's a Genesis/Mega Drive game by the same company, and it is just as awesome. It's made up of short stages broken up by completely insane bosses that get even less explicable as the game goes on. Think of it as the gaming equivalent of sucking the creamy filling out of a Twinkie with a straw: it cuts right to the chase, because everybody loves a good boss fight. It only got released in the US on the Sega Channel (an Internet service for the Sega), but Europe got it, and it's on the Wii's Virtual Console.

Also, Lemmings was probably the first game I played, with Mom on the ol' Windows 3.1 machine. It's still awesome.

[Sparx00]

Donkey Kong Jr. Earthbound, Super Mario 64, Star Fox 64, Banjo Tooie, Spyro the Dragon 1 - 3, Punch Out, Super Mario World, Chrono Trigger, Duck Hunt, Mario Bros 1 - 3, and any Legend of Zelda game, except for the CDI versions. >=(

[Fish and Chips]

Commander Keen is the best answer.

[rocklobster]

can't believe i forgot Maniac Mansion and Lemmings!

[Htom Sirveaux]

Commander Keen is the best answer.

Actually, I'm inclined to agree. And Commander Keen in: Goodbye, Galaxy was great.

Also, the original Duke Nukem side-scrollers. I played those to death.

[Valkaiser]

Starflight
Elite
AtariST FTW!

Master of Orion
That one.
....and the sequel.

[mkalv]

Super Mario 64 is old, but awesome!

[SnoringFrog]

Donkey kong 64...

That game is up on my list of games I can't stand with Banjo-Kazooie.

And I forgot to add:
Wario's Woods
Punch Out

[Kaori]

There are some titles that are very obvious—FFIV-VI (also VII if you want to count that as “old”), Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu II), Legend of Zelda: ALTTP, etc. Rather than dwelling on those, I’m going to put in a requisite plug for my favorite series that not many people like: SaGa. I played the first three SaGa games on Game Boy growing up, back when I only knew them as the Final Fantasy Legend I-III, and I loved them, especially FFLII (SaGa 2). More recently, I have acquired the entire Romancing SaGa series (1-3) for Super Famicom; I haven’t played the first two yet, but Romancing SaGa 3 is now one of my all-time favorite RPGs, right up there with Chrono Trigger and FFVI. Very fun, but only available in English as a fan-translated ROM.

[MasterDias]

Square-Enix recently did a 3d remake of SaGa 2 for the Nintendo DS. Of course, whether it will ever be localized is a separate issue, given the series generally poor reception in the west.

[KeybladeWarrior]

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Ahh, they were two good games to pass the time of summer vacation.^o^